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Webster 1913 Edition
Questionable
Ques′tion-a-ble
,Adj.
1.
Admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry.
[R.]
Thou com’st in such a
That I will speak to thee.
questionable
shapeThat I will speak to thee.
Shakespeare
2.
Liable to question; subject to be doubted or called in question; problematical; doubtful; suspicious.
It is
questionable
whether Galen ever saw the dissection of a human body.T
. Baker.
Syn. – Disputable; debatable; uncertain; doubtful; problematical; suspicious.
Webster 1828 Edition
Questionable
QUES'TIONABLE
, a.1.
That may be questioned; doubtful; uncertain; disputable. the deed is of questionable authority.It is questionable whether Galen ever saw the dissection of a human body.
2.
Suspicious; liable to be doubted or disputed; liable to suspicion. His veracity is questionable.Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, that I will speak to thee.
Definition 2024
questionable
questionable
English
Alternative forms
- quæstionable (archaic)
Adjective
questionable (comparative more questionable, superlative most questionable)
- (obsolete) Inviting questions; inviting inquiry.
- c. 1600, Shakespeare, Hamlet:
- Thou comest in such a questionable shape.
- c. 1600, Shakespeare, Hamlet:
- Problematic; open to doubt or challenge.
- It is questionable if the universe is open or closed.
- Of dubious respectability or morality.
- Tiffiny's behavior is highly questionable.
Translations
problematic; open to doubt or challenge
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of dubious respectability or morality
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